Mr and Mrs Khan had dined with their friend, Omar Khalid, at the Sahara restaurant.ĭante Campbell (Image: Metropolitan Police / SWNS) Philip Evans KC, prosecuting, told the court: "On April 18, 2022, shortly after ten past nine in the evening, these defendants robbed Amir Khan, the boxer, of a wristwatch valued at £70,000 to £100,000. One other suspect, Hamza Kulane, was yet to have been tracked by police at the beginning of the trial and is believed to still be on the run. He was jailed for nine years and eight months.Īt the culmination of the trial in March this year, Ismail Mohamed, 24, and Nurul Amin, 25, were cleared of helping gunman Campbell and Bana. He was jailed for seven years and nine months.īana, 26, of Tottenham, north London, who drove the getaway car from the crime scene, admitted charges of conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of an imitation firearm four days into his trial at Snarebrook Crown Court in March. Screen grab of the robbery taken from CCTV (Image: PA)Ĭampbell, 21, who held the gun to Khan's head, admitted four charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, two charges of possessing an imitation firearm, and one charge relating to ammunition found in a sock at his home in Hornsey, north London. His wife meanwhile, influencer Faryal Makhdoom, 31, said the robbery had prompted her to hire security for her and her husband whenever they visit the capital. But he said he no longer felt safe in his home country, and admitted the incident was 'embarrassing' due to his status as an ex-professional boxer. Khan held unified light-welterweight world championships between 20, including the WBA and IBF titles. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. The Bolton-born boxer described in a victim impact statement how the robbery in April 2022 had left him and his wife 'scared' to be in the capital, saying it was unsafe. The muggers pounced after Khan had enjoyed a meal at a restaurant in Leyton, east London. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.Former boxing world champion Amir Khan said he no longer feels safe in the UK as two thugs who robbed him of his £100,000 watch at gunpoint were jailed today for a total of more than 17 years.ĭante Campbell, 20, and 26-year-old Ahmed Bana previously admitted their involvement in the terrifying robbery of 36-year-old Khan's diamond-encrusted Franck Muller Vanguard Chronograph timepiece. It was never me and I was never happy with myself doing all this stuff.” Amir Khan and his wife, Faryal, in 2017. “I started turning nasty – becoming a bad person really. I started making a lot of mistakes,” he said. Khan has general regrets about his behavior at this time. I was like ‘No, don’t want to talk to you guys.'” Anthony Joshua speaks after losing to Oleksandr Usyk in August of 2022. Even his own personal friends were calling me. And all my mates were, ‘Are you mad, you just tweeted something.’ But he’s a nice guy. “Maybe he was just being respectful, all he was was being respectful. Now, Khan said he believes nothing happened between his wife and former friend. I said ‘Who the hell’s he, saying hi to my wife’, even though he was cool with me.” “And because she showed me a message of Anthony Joshua saying hi to her or something, I lost it. “What happened was, so my wife - me and her were not talking - and she sent a message saying ‘look so many fighters messaging me,'” he said. Amir Khan regrets accusing fellow boxer and former friend Anthony Joshua of sleeping with his wife, Faryal. Khan explained that he reacted poorly to one of her taunts. In 2017, however, they were going through a rough patch. Khan and his wife, Faryal, have been married since 2013, celebrating their ninth anniversary this past May. So I lost a good friend through that as well.” “I mean he was a friend of mine and since then we’ve never spoken. “I had the problem with Anthony Joshua which I feel really bad for because at the end of the day I put him in the firing line for no reason,” Khan said in an interview on “The Overlap” with Gary Neville, as relayed by The Sun. Should he not have done that? Was that bad?Īmir Khan has revealed that he regrets the time in 2017 when he accused his fellow boxer and former friend Anthony Joshua of sleeping with his wife. ‘No threat there’: How Tom Brady deals with Irina Shayk-Bradley Cooper relationshipĮx-girlfriend mocks Noah Syndergaard with his career in peril Olivia Dunne cozies up to MLB prospect boyfriend in new photoīrooks Koepka gets ‘unhinged’ questions about wife’s feet
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